Secondary diabetes

Part of the endocrine system--the ovaries--which can create high blood glucose situations at each heat cycle until the dog is spayed.

Some conditions and/or medications are the "root" cause of a pet's diabetes. In some cases, correcting the primary problem also corrects the diabetic condition. This is also referred to as transient diabetes because there is a possibility that controlling or clearing up the non-diabetes condition rectifies the diabetes as well.

• Menstrual cycles, heat, or pregnancy
• Cushing's disease
• Acromegaly
• Pancreatitis
• Steroids

See also:Causes, Regulation difficulties, Gestational diabetes, Transient diabetes.

More Information

• Canine and Feline Diabetes Mellitus: Nature or Nurture?-Diestrus-and gestation-associated diabetes Rand, Jacqueline, Fleeman, Linda, et. al., 2004, Waltham International Science Symposium
• The Story of Peanut-a Kitten with Steroid-Induced Diabetes and his Recovery
• Hormones Which Raise or Lower Blood Glucose Clinical Chemistry

See also:Causes